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Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.

Then good night, Peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn
Shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, good night.

Nora Cemetery

Born:October 03, 1919 at Nysund, Sweden

Entered
Service in the US Army from Chicago, IL

Earned The Medal of Honor During World War II For heroism
January 28, 1944 at Isola Bella, Italy

Died:January
28, 1944 at the age of 24

Technician 5th
Grade Gibson, company cook, led replacements in destroying four
enemy positions, killing five and capturing two Germans. Fifty
yards in front of his men, Gibson advanced as an enemy soldier
allowed him to come within 20 yards of his concealed position
before opening fire. Despite the stream of bullets Gibson
charged the position and fired pointblank at his opponent,
killing him. An artillery concentration fell around him and the
concussion from one shell knocked him flat. Two soldiers from a
position 75 yards distant fired on him as he regained his feet.
Gibson raced toward the foe and killed one and captured the
other. Later, when fired upon by a machinegun 200 yards away,
Gibson crawled back to his squad and ordered it to lay down a
base of fire while he flanked the emplacement. He crawled 125
yards through artillery and the cross fire of two machineguns,
threw two grenades into the emplacement and charged it, killing
two of the enemy and capturing a third. Leading his men around a
bend in the stream, Gibson went forward alone to reconnoiter.
Hearing an exchange of enemy gun fire, his squad went forward to
find that its leader had run 35 yards toward an outpost, killed
the enemy, and had himself been killed while firing at the
Germans.